“How can I be happy when others are suffering so much in Nagorno-Karabakh?” exclaimed an Armenian Christian woman in London a week ago.
A senior Armenian Church leader wrote to Barnabas pleading, “I appeal to Barnabas Aid to extend a helping hand and support our Christian brethren and sisters in Nagorno-Karabakh who desperately need food, medicine and other commodities.”
![](https://www.barnabasfund.org/au/latest-needs/feed-hungry-armenian-christians-besieged-in-nagorno-karabakh/images/797bb11-d89fcdfdd61e9379efcc.png)
The ongoing blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh has left Armenian Christians desperately short of food
For over a month the Armenian Christian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, lying within Azerbaijan’s territory, has been cut off from Armenia, as Azerbaijani protestors blockade the only access route: the mountain road known as the Lachin Corridor.
Rarely reported by the international media, the growing humanitarian crisis inside Nagorno-Karabakh is now very serious. The Red Cross can get some medicines in, and gas is flowing in the pipelines to provide fuel to homes. But there is a severe shortage of food.
"The guns are silent now, but the war continues," said an Armenian journalist who lives in Nagorno-Karabakh. He was referencing the empty shops of today and the short war of 2020 when Azerbaijan seized huge swathes of land in Nagorno-Karabakh. Harassment and threats have continued against the Armenian Christian inhabitants of the enclave ever since.
![](https://www.barnabasfund.org/au/latest-needs/feed-hungry-armenian-christians-besieged-in-nagorno-karabakh/images/13defdd-66faa169c8f4818b6c89.png)
Can you help us to provide urgently needed food for the faithful and longsuffering Christians of Nagorno-Karabakh?
An estimated 120,000 Armenian Christians are trapped inside Nagorno-Karabakh, including women, children and disabled.
We are thankful to God that our project partners have a way to get food to them, despite the blockade.